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THBLate 18th C. Hawaiian Stone, Shell & Bone Octopus Lure
Lot 115
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
South Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. An early and exceedingly rare octopus or squid lure known locally as a leho he'e. The lure is composed of a central wooden rod, a large cowrie snail shell as well as a dark gray pumice stone bound with twisted sennet thread on one end, and a crescent-shaped hook fashioned from human bone on the opposite end. Octopus lures like this example were used by dipping the hook into shallow water and shaking it up and down in a rhythmic motion to entice an octopus to wrap its tentacles around the hook end. The fisherman would then rapidly pull the lure upward so as to pierce the creature's hard beak, soft body, or one of its many tentacles. A superb example of Hawaiian ingenuity! Size: 8.75" L x 3.9" W (22.2 cm x 9.9 cm)
For examples of Hawaiian octopus lures, please see The British Museum, museum number Oc1898,-.29, the Auckland War Memorial Museum (Tamaki Paenga Hira), accession number 11374, 5277, and the Cooper Hewitt Collection at The Smithsonian Design Museum, accession number 15.2012.43.
Provenance: private Whitestone, New York, USA collection, inherited in 1995 from father
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#156710Minor abrasions to stone, shell, wooden body, and bone hook, otherwise intact and near-choice. Wonderful patina and smooth surface textures throughout.Condition
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